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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Feb. 



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worm your way to the place of accident for its res- 

 toration. The same with regard to regulating the 

 screws in the cylinder for the purpose of sowing a 

 greater or less quantity of seed to the acre ; as well 

 also, as of a great many other little things abso- 

 lutely necessary to to be " fixed" or handled during 

 the time occupied in drilling. This rendered the 

 use of said drill, to me at least, vexatious and trou- 

 blesome, and quite objectionable ; still it has its 

 virtues. The principle of feeding with a cylinder I 

 am much in favor of; if the drill is w'ell made, and 

 of good material it must be said to be n guod drill. 



I have not used the Brockporl Drill, myself, but 

 have examined it somewhat closely, and seen it in 

 operation, as there were several bought and used in my 

 neighborhood the past season. The drill seems to be 

 simple in construction, and apparently quite easily 

 handled and attended. But there is an objectjon or 

 two brought against it, by some who have used them, 

 which if tnie, must be vital : — and these are, that 

 they easily clog in feeding, and do not distribute the 

 seed evenly along the drill row, the feeding being 

 done in pulsations. This is to be regretted : and it 

 is to be hoped that the evil is not without remedy. 



Of the Seymour Drill, I can only speak from 

 reliable information. It is said to be a very simple, 

 well constructed, handy, desirable drill. Mr. Seymour 

 attaches an apparatus for sowing plaster, ashes. Sic, 

 to his drill, if the purchaser requests it. 



I used myself, last fall, a drill invented and built 

 by BicKroRD &£. Hoffman, of Macedon, Wayne Co., 

 and must say I am much pleased with it. I cheer- 

 fully bear testimony to the complete and satisfactory 

 manner in which it performed its work, executing it 

 to my entire satisfaction every way, and especially 

 as regards liie three vital duties a drill has to per- 

 form, viz, regulating the quantity of seed to be sown 

 to the acre, its equal and even distribution along the 

 drill-furrow, and the depth of its burial in the ground. 

 It feeds with a cylinder. The drill is simjilo in con- 

 Btruetion, and can be used with great ease and 

 facility, owing to the readiness with which you can 

 approach all its ])arts, especially those needing hand- 

 ling and attention while in use. It is strongly and 

 firmly made, and of good material. 



I know of no objections to the drill that are vital, 

 nor none of any kind that need deter its purchase and 

 use. I think it might be improved in a still more 

 handy application of its apparatus used in raising 

 and dropping the drill teeth, &.c. Raising and low- 

 ering them all at once for instance. 



But these things will readily suggest themselves 

 to the inventor and many others, who will no doubt 

 make improvements to it, as fast as its practical use 

 shall develope their necessity. W. S. Fullkrto.n. 

 —Sparta, Liv. Co., JV. Y., Jan. Xst, 1850. 



SENECA OOTJNTT FAIR AND TRANSACTIONS 



We have received from John Delafiei.o, P^q., the 

 able and energetic President of the Seneca County 

 Agricultural Society, a beautifully bound and printed 

 copy of their transactions, for 1849, in quarto form. 

 We only wish that every county in Nkw York, 

 and the Union, had such a society, and each society 

 such a President. We give a short extract or two 

 from the address of Wm. F. Coan. 



Fnrnior, or mrchrinic, or liihorinR rnan of any callinc:, arc 

 you willinK ihiit your son. only Ix'ciinse he holds the plow, 

 or blows tlie forge, or drives tho loom. Bhall be made tustimd 

 upon the outer porch and denied ndmission into that inner 



sanctuary where inlelligencn anil relitiement hold their 

 Courl! Shall your wife, shnll your dauglilcr, shall my 

 daughter, when she t-'ikes her plm:e in coiniuuniiy, or socie- 

 ty, shall her check be made to blu=h, not fnini guilt, not 

 from a lack of cultivation, refinement, or of beauty, as she is 

 pointed to a lower seat, solely because her husliand or her 

 f ither is a sunburnt farmer or a laboring mechanic ! If 

 ignorance or any other untoward cause has placed its wither- 

 ing hand upon us ns a class, and confined us to a secondary 

 position, let it be so no more. I si)eak to you. this df>y. in 

 beimlf of interests near and de-ir tome, an J excuse me if 1 

 speak earnestly. No other design actuated the men who 

 founded and sustained these agriculttiral societies, hut to 

 ditfiise light and reiinenicnl in the place of ignorance and 

 rudeness. And I felt it my duty, as I wish every man did. 

 his, to come and contribute of my means and my influence, 

 limited though they be, to sastain this Society, whose annual 

 celebration we have been permitted to attend. 



If your children are not under the necessity of cutting 

 down the forest and subduing the uncultivated wild : if tho 

 kind parent lias endured privation and want that his child 

 may not ; may the blessing of God an.) yo;ir child's gratitude 

 be your's; but, may we ask, if, while ru i h.~v-' liili^l ih;- p .;■-,' 

 of your child, you have neglected hia Ueid ! Al.as, lUs 

 remari; or the question could no4 be answ ered liy u groat 

 many without a blusli, fT»r many a f ithcr and mother too, 

 live, so that they may, when dying, put miiclt money or 

 farms in the iiands of children who cannot write a legible 

 hand or spell beyond three syllables. 



Do ycfcU say that you have not the time to devote to the 

 eultiv ition of your child ? Have you time to cultivate broad 

 fi"lds ? Have you time to cultivate everyihi.'j; that ailo.-ns 

 the farm or yard, and liave not time to cultivate your own 

 or tho minds of your children ? What makes you to dilVer 

 from your OS ? Nothing but the mind. If yon fail to supply 

 the mind of yourself or your child with wholesome, invigor- 

 ating food — ifyou fail to occupy the mind with iiitelhjctual 

 knowledge, it will be occupied wjtb kiio\vledge of a 

 baser sort. 



RURAL PtTRSOITS. 



Wf, take the following extract touching this subject 

 from the excellent -Address delivered by y. B. Parso.vs, 

 of Flushing L. I., before the New Haven Hort.. 

 Society: — 



"I recollect two prominent inst:»nee8 of the effects of tJiese 

 widely difiering modes of life. A man of talent, strong 

 mind, and energetic character, came years ngo to reside in 

 one of our large cities. He became a merchant; he devoted 

 his whole soul ti> the acquisition of wealth; he made man^y 

 his idol and his success was beyond precedent. lie became 

 enormously wealthy, house was added to house and hind to 

 land. His character became year by year more nar- 

 row and his band more graaping, until um other thought oiv 

 cupied his soul but that of money. About the stimc peri-id 

 of the commencement of this man's career, there entered up- 

 on active life in a highly fertile rnnl district in the inti-rior 

 of the same stale , n man of equal talent, of equal rn;'r^y, 

 and of practical ability, recognisotl by the highf-it in the land. 

 Commencing life as a surveyor, he was early familiar with 

 the beauty and pleasures of country life, and iiis yuul brc.im? 

 insensibly rcfineil by evidences of .Mmighty benevolence 

 aronn<l him. With abundant opportnnily to profit largely 

 by pun-liasc of |>nhlir lands, he ronlincd himself to his busi- 

 nes«, and retiring w nil a very modiTate competence, occu- 

 pied himsi'lf vMili iu> firm an I various bmnches of natnr.')! 

 science. .As a botanist he hail scart-ely his equal, and as u 

 keen observer of natural objects he has not a supei-i')r. His 

 style of living is of the simplest kind, and every thing about 

 him indicates the superiority of the mind over the body. 

 When 1 last saw him it was delightful to wiluoss his sin\- 

 plicily of manner, covering, os I liucw it ilid, so mui-li intel- 

 ligence and intellectual cultivation. \n^\ ollhough his hair 

 was white with age. his eye would sparkle w ith pleosure 

 while descanting upon the beauty of a favorite tribe of 

 plants.* Now can there be a question whose life was the 

 most nitional or most productive of enjoy naent, this mate's or 

 that of the man of millions," 



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• This iBsunh n faithful portrait of our ■p.^ncr.-iMe friend Di 

 Tmom»s. of Cayuga Co, that thuso who liumv him ivill nl o? 

 recognize it. 



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